Have you ever had the experience of really trying to be



financially successful, appearing to do everything right,

yet wealth eludes you? Perhaps you even manage to earn an

excellent income but it just seems to disappear as fast as

it comes in? Many people have these experiences and there is

both a reason for it and a solution to it.

Many people have conscious or subconscious hang-ups about

becoming rich. They have been unwittingly brainwashed by

sayings such as "money can't buy happiness" and many other

similar sayings. People debate over whether money is good or

bad. Well let's take a moment to imagine what life would be

like if money was never invented.

Before there was money people used the barter system. If one

farmer grew watermelon and another grew oranges they could

agree on an amount to swap and then each farmer could enjoy

eating both oranges and watermelon. But what if the

watermelon farmer wanted to buy a car? He would have to find

a car owner who wanted a few thousand watermelons. It's

ridiculous. The barter system only works for a very simple

economy. Without some form of money we could never have the

things we have today.

It is crazy to debate whether money is good or bad. Money is

simply a tool that allows a complex economy to function

thereby allowing you to reap the benefits. If you want to

enjoy the wonderful things that the modern world has to

offer then you need to have a good supply of money. As we

see from the barter example above, the only reason money was

invented was to make our life easier!

Becoming rich opens doors to all manner of opportunities to

help us experience the true wonders of this world in the

short time that we spend here. It enables us to improve the

quality of life for ourselves, our families and others who

can benefit from the level of generosity that is only

possible from the rich.

Money is not evil. It is simply financial energy. It is not

a sin to become wealthy. On the contrary it is a sin to

waste this life living a hand to mouth existence when you

have the opportunity to become financially free and to use

your time and energy to develop the full potential that

nature has provided to you, and then to help others do the

same.

Wealth is not the enemy, poverty is. Eighty percent of

people in the USA and most other first world countries end

up financial dependent on the government or family by the

age or 65. Enough opportunity exists for each and every

person in those countries to become rich and help reduce the

burden rather than increase it. To not become rich is the

sin. To waste your potential is the sin. You not only have

the right to become rich you have a moral duty to do so!

Money was invented to make life easier. If it is not making

your life easier then you are doing things wrong. The first

step to change is to accept that money is a valid and useful

tool and to give yourself permission to acquire it and put

it to work for you so that it multiplies.

Try this simple but powerful exercise. Take pen and paper

and write down 25 ways in which money can be a valid and

useful tool in your life. Then for each one write down why

it is perfectly reasonable and honorable for you to acquire

the money you need in order to make that use of money a

reality in your life. The final step is to read this list to

yourself each night before you go to bed and again each

morning before you start the day. Do this each day with

faith and you will be amazed at how you financial life

improves.